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	H.M.S. BEGUM
		HMS Begum sailed for the UK with the 73 ship convoy HX 276, sailing from New York on January 22nd, the convoy arriving at Liverpool on February 2nd without loss.
		HMS Begum sailed from the Clyde bound for Ceylon on March 3rd; she arrived off the west coast of India in early April, where 1839 and 1844 squadrons both disembarked to RAF Ulunderpet on April 7th.
		Begum’s tour of duty as a ferry carrier was a short one; she was re-allocated to the East Indies Fleet later in June and returned to Ceylon, arriving at Trincomalee in late June to assume the role of fleet Deck Landing Carrier.
	www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk /ESCORT/BEGUM.htm (1172 words)

	About HMS Trumpeter
		Bristol's ship is HMS Trumpeter; she is 20 metres in length, powered by two Rolls-Royce Perkins diesel engines, capable of 21 knots and has accommodation for 12 crew and trainees on board.
		HMS Trumpeter was returned to the US Navy on 6 April 1946, where she reverted to her original name of USS Bastian before being sold into merchant service as the Alblasserdijk.
		She was renamed HMS Trumpeter in 1947, and later, on transfer to the Ministry of Transport in 1956, was further renamed Empire Fulmar.
	www.bris.ac.uk /Groups/BristolURNU/trumpeter.html (869 words)

	USS Bolinas (CVE-36) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 2 August 1943 after being decommissioned Bolinas was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease and renamed HMS Begum (D38).
		Begum served with the Royal Navy during World War II and after her return was declared surplus by the U. Navy.
		She was sticken for disposal 19 June 1946 and sold by the Navy into merchant service 16 April 1947 as Raki and later I Yung.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Bolinas_(CVE-36) (222 words)

	MONAB IV page 2
		On the 30th of April HMS Nabaron commenced a programme of training for aircrews, two Avenger aircraft together with four spare crews disembarking from the ferry carrier HMS Fencer.
		HMS Implacable arrived at Manus on the 29th to begin a six week work up period, Ponam was used for Aerodrome Dummy Deck Landing (ADDL) training during this time, along with other flying by Avengers disembarked from the fleet carrier.
		The next squadron visitors arrived on the 19th, 12 of 885 Squadron's Hellcats disembarked from HMS Ruler to spend a week of intensive A.D.D.L.s and live firing, a few Corsairs were attached to the Squadron during this period, the unit embarked in HMS Arbiter on the 28th.
	www.btinternet.com /~faahistoryweb/Nabaron-2.htm (1306 words)

	Naval History calendar
		In November 1857, guns of HMS Shannon's Naval Brigade joined in a three-day bombardment of the Kaiserbagh fortress in Lucknow, to cover the evacuation of European women, children and wounded, and stores, from the Residency.
		Bligh had to face a court-martial to answer for his loss of HMS Bounty but other crewmembers were required to attend the trial.
		HMS Pandora reached Matavai Bay on 23rd March 1791 and fourteen of the sixteen mutineers there were arrested (two had been killed earlier).
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /new_calendar.htm (542 words)

	MONAB 6 page 2
		H.M.S. Nabstocks existence as a MONAB ceased at this point, the unit becoming a Naval Air Station sharing the establishment with the R.A.A.F Radar School and lodging on an airfield which nominally remained under R.A.A.F control.
		The personnel of 1834 and 1836 squadrons re-embarked in HMS Victorious September 25th for passage to the U.K. where they were to disband upon arrival.
		HMS NABSTOCK and MONAB VI paid off at Schofields on June 9th 1946, Schofields was returned to R.A.A.F. Lt. Cdr (A) H.J. Lavers, the Lieutenant Commander (Flying) MONAB 6, at the controls of a corsair at Maryborough.
	www.btinternet.com /~faahistoryweb/Nabstock-2.htm (1111 words)

	Hms Beagle : Animals and Pets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		See live article HMS Beagle HMS Beagle was a British Royal Navy ship, made famous for the second voyage she made with Charles Darwin aboard.
		On May 11, 1820, HMS Beagle was launched as a 10 gun brig from the Woolwich Dockyards on the River Thames.
		Another HMS Grampus was a Beagle-class destroyer originally named Nautilus when she was commissioned on March 30, 1910.
	www.soho-stl.com /2517-Hms-Beagle.html (560 words)

	Royal Navy
		In March 1998 Lt Susanne Moore RN was appointed as Officer-in-Charge of the Unit and Commanding Officer of HMS Dasher, thereby becoming, jointly with Lt Mel Rees RN (who was appointed OiC of Wales URNU and CO of HMS Express), the first female RN officers to be appointed to command one of Her Majesty's Ships.
		In January 2003 HMS Dasher was reassigned to the RN's newly formed Cyprus Squadron and Bristol URNU was once again without a training ship.
		In August 2003, HMS Trumpeter, recently released from the Gibraltar Squadron, was assigned to Bristol URNU as its new Tender.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=2712 (913 words)

	HMS Begum aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		HMS Begum (D-38) was built in the USA at Seattle-Tacoma as USS Bolinas ACV/AVG-36 where she was laid down 3 August 1942.
		Transferred to the Royal Navy on 22 July 1943, she was commissioned on 2 August 1943 as HMS Begum.
		HMS Begum's war record was confined to convoy escort duties then general purpose carrier supported Eastern Fleet operations against Burma and Malaya 1945.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /ships/Begum.html (374 words)

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		HMS Hurworth is the first Royal Navy minehunter to visit for over...
		HMS Hurworth, one of the Royal Navyâs hunt class mine countermeasures vessels, was operating from Gibraltar for seven days over the last two weeks of August.
		The Governor and Lady Richards were taken from Gibraltar by the smaller HMS Monmouth, although a lot of their luggage had to be ferried to Gibraltar airport to...
	www.mongabay.com /health/populate/HMS.html (2758 words)

	Convoy HG 24 - warsailors.com
		Begum, crossed out in station 63, is listed in Convoy HGF 25.
		Depth charges were dropped by HMS Wakeful at 13:15 and at 14:40 on Apr. 5 in 49 03N 5 46W - non sub - and again at 23:30 same day in 49 33N 4 9W - again non sub.
		Enchantress later accompanied the A section and was relieved by local escort HMS Wakeful at dusk on Apr. 5-1940, south of Plymouth.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/hg24.html (353 words)

	Convoy HGF 25 - warsailors.com
		HMS Douglas parted company on Apr. 4 in 37 17N 11 52W.
		HMS Witch parted from "A" Group at 08:20 on Apr. 9 in 49 05N 5 45W.
		HMS Viscount left convoy off Dover at about 05:15 on Apr. 11.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/hg25f.html (773 words)

	HMS Begum (D38) at AllExperts
		On 2 August 1943 after being decommissioned Bolinas was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease and renamed HMS Begum (D38).
		Begum served with the Royal Navy during World War II and after her return was declared surplus by the U. Navy.
		She was stricken for disposal 19 June 1946 and sold by the Navy into merchant service 16 April 1947 as Raki and later I Yung.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_begum_(d38).htm (230 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: US Escort Carriers, C3 Hulls
		Transferred to RN as HMS Charger (D27) 2 October 1941, but immediately returned to USN 4 Oct 1941 to serve as a training ship.
		HMS Tracker was built for transfer and was not considered by USN to be a Bogue class ship, but was classed with the Bogues in RN's Attacker class.
		Decommissioned and transferred to RN as HMS Ameer (D01) 19 July 1943, commissioned in RN service 20 July 1943.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/us_esc1.htm (6853 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 5 May 1993
		To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he is going to make a recommendation in the case (Ref : CON/4028) of Shenaz Begum, Afsar Khan and Shaira Begum, the children of Mr.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the cost of the licenses held by the HMS Heron sporting gun club were last increased ; by what percentage ; and for how many years the licenses have been held.
		HMS Heron sporting gun club has held a licence to shoot at Merryfield airfield since 1974 and at Langport range since 1986.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1993-05-05/Writtens-8.html (2479 words)

	USS Winjah (CVE-54) - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Winjah was laid down on 5 June 1943 at Tacoma, Washington, by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co.; assigned to the United Kingdom under lend-lease on 23 June; redesignated CVE-54 on 15 July; launched on 22 November; and delivered to the British on 18 February 1944.
		Renamed HMS Reaper (D82), the carrier operated in the Royal Navy for the duration of World War II.
		After arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, on 13 May 1946, Reaper was decommissioned on 20 May and returned to the United States Government.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/USS_Winjah_(CVE-54) (250 words)

	Aircraft Carriers from HMS Pegasus to HMS Ocean
		History of the aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy from the seaplane carrier HMS Pegasus to HMS Furious, to the classic aircraft carriers of world war II and beyond with the latest helicopter carrier HMS Ocean.
		HMS Unicorn, HMS Ocean and Transport HMS Empire Halladale at Kure, during the Korean War, 1953.
		Sunk in collision with HMS Royal Oak and HMS Glorious, 5th November 1918, in the Firth of Forth.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /carriers1.htm (875 words)

	USS Baffins (CVE-35) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		On the 18th she proceeded to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she was decommissioned the following day and transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease.
		During World War II she was operated by the British as HMS Ameer (D01) and she served in operations off Burma and Malaya.
		She was returned 17 January 1946 and sold into merchant service by the Navy 17 September 1946 as Robin Kirk.
	www.toshare.info /en/USS_Baffins_(CVE-35).htm (200 words)

	Fleet Air Arm, FAA, HMS, Equator, Crossing The Line, Royal Navy, Air-Craft Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		From Port Said he went on the HMS Begum to Madras, India.
		He then took the train, ferry and another train to Trinkamali, Ceylon where he joined the HMS Indomitable in Ceylon.
		In 1945 he was on the HMS Activity back to UK where he took the HMS Smiter from Belfast, Ireland back to Ceylon.
	www.geocities.com /valsvisuals/filesfaa/faaindex.htm (296 words)

	880 Squadron Hangar Deck
		No 800 Squadron operated this Supermarine Seafire II off of the carriers HMS ARGUS and HMS INDOMITABLE between September of 1942 and June of 1943.
		This Seafire LF III was flown by No 807 Squadron aboard the escort carrier HMS Hunter.
		No 832 Squadron flew this Grumman Avenger II off of HMS BEGUM in 1944 and early 1945.
	home.alltel.net /hensons/public_html/hangar.html (245 words)

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		HM Prison Langi Kal KalHM Prison LoddonHM Prison Morwell River
		HMS Bamborough Castle (K412)HMS Bangor (1940)HMS Bangor (M109)
		HMS Black PrinceHMS Black Prince (1861)HMS Black Prince (1904)
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm (498 words)

	Pictorial record 1968-1969
		Don joined the Royal Navy as a boy in 1941 at HMS St George on the Isle of Man. He saw war service in the Home, Mediterranean and Far East Fleets in HMS Hambledon and HMS Begum as well as Chatham Signal School and Talwar Signal School, Bombay.
		Thereafter it was Whitehall Wireless, HMS Phoebe (2nd Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean) and numerous other drafts ashore and afloat until he was appointed to Flag Officer Medway in 1961.
		In 1963 he was drafted to Admiral Commanding Reserves staff as the first Administration Officer and Senior Instructor at HMS Wildfire.
	www.hmswildfire.org.uk /64-89/tn68.htm (253 words)

	Bolinas
		Renamed HMS Begum, the warship underwent two months of alterations to make her compatible with British systems and procedures before embarking on patrol and escort duties with the Royal Navy.
		There, Begum supported the Allied armies in Burma, harassed Japanese shipping in the Bay of Bengal and the Strait of Malacca, and even served as the center of the hunter-killer group that sank German U-boat U-198 near the Seychelles on 12 August 1944.
		Following the war, Begum was decommissioned and returned to the United States Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 4 January 1946.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b7/bolinas-i.htm (382 words)

	►► Bountiful Beagle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
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	www.pointingdogtimes.com /7/4.html (667 words)

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		After recognizing the need to close significantly closer to Malta to successfully launch the Hurricane Is of 418 Flight on their transit flight from HMS Argus, Force H opts to launch a pre-dawn strike on Regia Aeronautica's airfield at Cagliari, Sardinia by aircraft from HMS Ark Royal.
		Although the harbor is successfully mined and the bombing destroyed 4 Italian aircraft and several hangers, one aircraft is downed by a defending fighter.
		The vessel was later scuttled by gunfire of tug HMS Masterful.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/02Aug.txt (1713 words)

	CVE-31 Prince William
		Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 19 July 1943; renamed HMS AMEER (D-01).
		Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 2 Aug 1943; renamed HMS BEGUM (D-38).
		Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 27 Sep 1943; renamed HMS SHAH.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/cve-31-unit.htm (516 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Bangladesh Navy Ship Gomati (ex HMS Anglesey), another newly procured Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the Bangladesh Navy has sailed for home from Portsmouth, UK on Wednesday, says an ISPR Press release.
		Out of the five vessels BNS Kapatakhaya (ex HMS Shetland) and BNS Karatoa (ex HMS Alderney) has already in the country early this year and two more OPVs are expected to arrive early next year following an agreement between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom.
		During her 8000 nautical mile voyage, BNS Gomati will make brief stopovers at Tangier in Morocco, Port Said in Egypt, Jedda in Saudi Arabia, Karachi in Pakistan and Colombo in Sri Lanka on goodwill visit as well as to replenish ration, fuel and provisions.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2003/10/30/national.htm (1889 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: RN Escort Carriers
		HMS Tracker was built for transfer and was not considered by USN to be a Bogue class ship, but was classed with the Bogues by RN.
		Decomissioned and transferred to RN as HMS Ameer (D01) 19 July 1943, commissioned in RN service 20 July 1943.
		Decommissioned, transferred to RN and commissioned in RN service as HMS Begum (D38) 12 August 1943.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/uk_esc.htm (6145 words)

	Fleet Air Arm Network
		From PortSaid he went on the HMS Begum to Madras, India.
		Friends of the Fleet Air Arm - The Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Ring is dedicated to maintain the bond of Royal Navy and Commonwealth naval aviation and its heritage of aircraft, air squadrons, warships and aircraft carriers, naval air stations, associations, men and women.
		HMS Vengeance Appeal - Help save the very last British built WW2 aircraft carrier now languishing in Brazil and under threat of scrapping.
	uk.msnusers.com /FleetAirArmNetwork/links.msnw (310 words)

	Ruler Class
		I believe my father was serving on HMS Khedive at the time of the liberation of Singapore.
		My father is alive and well, he served on HMS Premier 1943 - 1945 and would like to contact any old shipmates.
		My father (soon to be 82) served on HMS Speaker during WW2.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /ruler_class.htm (850 words)

	Imperial Submarines
		After the attack, the RO-113 is chased by destroyers HMS QUALITY, QUADRANT and ROEBUCK that arrive at the scene a few hours later.
		British Task Force 66, with escort carriers HMS BEGUM and SHAH, is also involved in the chase of RO-113.
		Departs Penang on her third war patrol to the Bay of Bengal on a patrol and supply mission.
	www.combinedfleet.com /RO-113.htm (666 words)

	Lend Lease Ship Names
		S-25 was decommissioned on 4 November 1941, and transferred, simultaneously to Great Britain.
		Renamed HMS P. 551, she was then loaned to the government of Poland, in exile, and was accepted by Lt.
		Jastrzab was mistakenly sunk by Allied convoy escorts [HMS Seagull and Norwegian destroyer St. Albans] off Norway on 2 May 1942 [while assigned to escort the convoy from the Shetlands to Murmansk, at 71°30' N, 12°32'E].
	www.ww2pacific.com /llnames.html (1143 words)

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